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04.24.2014 | SPRINGFIELD -- The city has ordered the Piccolo Restaurant at 304 Worthington St., to cease operations after a steak knife stabbing on Sunday led to the discovery that the business did not have a license to serve food.
(DAVE ROBACK / THE REPUBLICAN)

SPRINGFIELD — The city has ordered the Piccolo Restaurant at 304 Worthington St., to cease operations after a steak knife stabbing on Sunday led to the discovery that the business did not have a license to serve food.

The Law Department issued a “cease and desist” order to the restaurant, citing the business for “failure to obtain a common victualler (restaurant) license.”

The business came under scrutiny by the city after an early morning stabbing on Sunday where a patron was stabbed in the back with a steak knife, officials said. The stabbing was reported at approximately 2:30 a.m.

“For those who wish to operate legally within the city of Springfield, we welcome you with open arms,” Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said, in a prepared release. “... those who wish to operate illegally and with disregard for public safety will be held accountable.”

The License Commission joined Sarno in reviewing the matter and determined that the owner did not apply for, nor possessed, the food license. The owner is listed as Gisele Davila of Chicopee.

The letter to the business stated: “You are hereby notified that it is illegal to cook, prepare and service food without a Common Victualler license,”

There was a delay in delivering the cease and desist order due to “the fact that the restaurant is open only late on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and into the early morning hours,” according to the city’s release.